day before yesterday I locate a quart bottle of Amsoil ATF with a little synthetic ATF left. I dig around and finally locate a suitable syringe. I then open the bottle of ATF then tilt the bottle trying to suck some up in the syringe. I then dropped the syringe into the bottle! I ended up cutting off an old plastic water bottle and then poured both the ATF and the syringe into the cut off plastic water bottle. Some days you can't win.....

I usually use ATF, but in a pinch I've used white lithium grease from a spray can. It got everywhere, but it worked.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

Wheel bearing grease. I just take a screw driver and scoop a little dob out and scrape it into the sockets.

It is sticky and thick so it should stay viable for decades.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Agree, I like the durability of grease. I’ve used all kinds of stuff on these over the years but I’ve finally settled on cv grease. Mainly because I have a lot leftover and it seems to work well.

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79 300TD “Old Smokey” AKA “The Mistake” (SOLD)
82 240D stick shift 335k miles (SOLD)
82 300SD 300k miles
85 300D Turbodiesel 170k miles
97 C280 147k miles